Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
Dark-backed Wood-quail, Refugio Paz das Aves, Pichincha, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image Refugio Paz de las Aves, Pichincha, Ecuador
November 2019

The Dark-backed Wood-quail is a Chocó endemic distributed in a small area to the west of the Andes in south-west Colombia and north-west Ecuador. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in sub-tropical forest at between 1,200 and 2,700 metres.

Dark-backed Wood-quail, Refugio Paz das Aves, Pichincha, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image> It is classified as Vulnerable because of its small and fragmented range, with recent records from few sites. Available habitat, and presumably the population, is declining.

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